First Aid for Mental Health – Awareness

Introductory offer… book before 31 December 2018 and get a discounted price of just £60 (+VAT) per place on our open courses, and just £350 (+VAT) for on-site training for up to 16 people.

We all know it but it’s often overlooked… our emotional health and wellbeing is just as important as our physical health and wellbeing. In the UK, some 10 percent of children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental health problem. In the workplace, over half a million workers suffer from mental-health related conditions, with around 12.5 million working days being lost in 2016/17 as a result. Tragically, some 5,821 people committed suicide in 2017.

Mental health illnesses are a leading cause of health-related disabilities, and can have long-lasting adverse effects on physical health, educational achievement, social relationships and employment prospects.

This Ofqual regulated, level 1 half day course provides an overview of the most common mental health conditions and equips learners with the knowledge on how to start a supportive conversation, and how and when to signpost someone to seek appropriate professional help.

Learners won’t be able to diagnose a specific condition or provide treatment, as with physical first aid, but will have the knowledge to identify when a person may have a mental health condition and know where the person can go to seek help.

Course syllabus

The course syllabus includes…

What is first aid for mental health?

Identifying mental health conditions

Providing advice and starting a conversation

Stress

Mental health conditions

Assessment and certification

Assessment is ongoing by the instructor, along with a multiple choice question paper.

Age restrictions and group sizes

A maximum of 16 learners are allowed per instructor and must be a minimum of 16 years of age.

Training options (open courses, off-peak and on-site training)

To see our upcoming open courses please scroll down. We are also pleased to offer on-site training which can be tailored to meet the needs of your organisation or sector, and can be delivered on a flexible basis (i.e. across a number of mornings/afternoons/evenings/weekends). For details, go to our on-site training page.